Miller vs. Wiman, Freire vs. Lowe official for UFC Fight Night 23

Cole Miller and Matt Wiman will still fight in January; they just won’t be meeting on New Year’s Day’s UFC 125 event.

UFC execs today announced that Miller and Wiman will instead meet on the main card of “UFC Fight Night 23: UFC Fight for the Troops 2.”

Additionally, a previously reported matchup between Willamy “Chiquerim” Freire and Waylon Lowe is also official for the night’s preliminary-card festivities.

Featuring a lightweight contest between top contenders Evan Dunham and Kenny Florian, “UFC Fight Night 23: UFC Fight for the Troops 2″ takes place Jan. 22 at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas. The main card airs on Spike TV.

Both contests were previously reported by MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).

Miller (17-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC) met “The Ultimate Fighter 9″ winner Ross Pearson at UFC Fight Night 22 and bucked expectations by outstriking the Brit with a flurry of punches in the second round. As Pearson struggled to recover, the American Top Team fighter leapt on his back and tapped him out. The flashy sequence earned him an extra $40,000 for “Submission of the Night.”

Wiman (12-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC), meanwhile, is back on the horse after sustaining an arm injury which forced him to withdraw from a fight with Efrain Escudero at UFC Fight Night 22. He was originally designated to meet Mac Danzig, but “The Ultimate Fighter 6″ winner sustained a back injury which took him off the card.

Lowe (9-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) looks to build off his first UFC victory, which came via split decision over Steve Lopez at UFC 119 in September. In his previous fight, he made his promotional debut and suffered a TKO loss to Melvin Guillard at UFC 114. It remains the American Top Team and Bellator/KOTC vet’s only loss in his past eight fights.

Just 23 years old, Freire (17-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) brings an impressive 11-fight win streak into the cage. The Nova Unaio fighter’s most recent outing was a split-decision win over Yusuke Endo at a Shooto event back in June. Eleven of Freire’s win have come via stoppage, and nine of those have been earned by submission.

Freire was expected to make his UFC debut against Thiago Tavares at UFC on Versus 2 but pulled out of the August bout with a leg injury.

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